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I really enjoyed it. Kept me guessing, that's for sure! The author's other books were good, as well.
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"Gone, Girl" is definitely worth reading. I listened to the audio version and enjoyed it.
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Apocalypse Cow - Michael Logan
It's like a B grade horror movie but in a book
It's like a B grade horror movie but in a book
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I hate the feeling when I'm close to the end of a book too. I'm a sucker for highlander romance novels 
Good thing there's so many to choose from.
Good thing there's so many to choose from.
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I hate the feeling when I'm close to the end of a book too. I'm a sucker for highlander romance novels
Do you like "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon?
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It's the next series I'm going to read. I keep looking on goodreads.com for new material, and it always pops up on my searches, so I'll give it a try.
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David Safier: Bad Karma
That may have been the worst book I've ever read in my whole life. The book was so predictable and the characters were thinner than paper. When I read the ant scenes, J had to confiscate the book, because I kept whining how the author didn't know the first thing about ants.
Stephen King: 11/22/63
I loved it! It's been such a long time since I've read a book by King that I've actually liked, so it was good. The story is oddly compelling, I just couldn't put the book down and kept on reading long after I should have been sleeping already.
That may have been the worst book I've ever read in my whole life. The book was so predictable and the characters were thinner than paper. When I read the ant scenes, J had to confiscate the book, because I kept whining how the author didn't know the first thing about ants.
Stephen King: 11/22/63
I loved it! It's been such a long time since I've read a book by King that I've actually liked, so it was good. The story is oddly compelling, I just couldn't put the book down and kept on reading long after I should have been sleeping already.
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13.) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 4/5
This book was written in the 60's when I was a small child. I discovered the author at my private school library when I was in 7th grade. I fell in love with him and his writing.
This book is a BOTM in another group I'm in. I rarely re-read books but I wanted to see how this one held up all these years later. I'm pleased to say I was impressed all over again. The themes of freedom, group marriages and a sentient, very powerful computer are seem pretty fresh. The propaganda campaign was also very interesting. I really enjoyed the book again. Glad I read it twice! Maybe in another 30 years or so I'll read it a
14.) Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain 4/5
This is part of a series that is very interesting to me. I'm reading them for a BDSM Book of the Month thing even though they aren't really BDSM. The series goes like this.
Gretchen Series
Heartsick (2007)
Sweetheart (2008)
Evil At Heart (2009)
The Night Season (2011)
Kill You Twice (August 2012)
Let Me Go (August 2013)
I've long wanted to write a story in which someone was tortured and secretly, while hating it, also is attracted to it.
This series also has a way of making the people in other than the serial killer seem very human, even sometimes disgusting and yet you like and pull for them. Again, very cool to me.
15.) The Scorch Trials by James Dasher 3/5
I liked this one less than than the first one but I still intend to read the third. Hopefully it will all make more sense by then.
16.) Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood by Teri Garr 4/5
I remember Teri Garr as being very funny on Letterman and in several films. Reading her auto biography was very interesting. She is fairly unapologetic about her life and doesn't even try to pretty it up for us. I like that honesty and being that okay with what one has done.
It was news to me that she started out as a dancer. I also didn't know she had MS. I love how comfortable she is being without a husband and with her adopted child. Good for her!
This book was written in the 60's when I was a small child. I discovered the author at my private school library when I was in 7th grade. I fell in love with him and his writing.
This book is a BOTM in another group I'm in. I rarely re-read books but I wanted to see how this one held up all these years later. I'm pleased to say I was impressed all over again. The themes of freedom, group marriages and a sentient, very powerful computer are seem pretty fresh. The propaganda campaign was also very interesting. I really enjoyed the book again. Glad I read it twice! Maybe in another 30 years or so I'll read it a
14.) Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain 4/5
This is part of a series that is very interesting to me. I'm reading them for a BDSM Book of the Month thing even though they aren't really BDSM. The series goes like this.
Gretchen Series
Heartsick (2007)
Sweetheart (2008)
Evil At Heart (2009)
The Night Season (2011)
Kill You Twice (August 2012)
Let Me Go (August 2013)
I've long wanted to write a story in which someone was tortured and secretly, while hating it, also is attracted to it.
This series also has a way of making the people in other than the serial killer seem very human, even sometimes disgusting and yet you like and pull for them. Again, very cool to me.
15.) The Scorch Trials by James Dasher 3/5
I liked this one less than than the first one but I still intend to read the third. Hopefully it will all make more sense by then.
16.) Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood by Teri Garr 4/5
I remember Teri Garr as being very funny on Letterman and in several films. Reading her auto biography was very interesting. She is fairly unapologetic about her life and doesn't even try to pretty it up for us. I like that honesty and being that okay with what one has done.
It was news to me that she started out as a dancer. I also didn't know she had MS. I love how comfortable she is being without a husband and with her adopted child. Good for her!
That is the worst feeling in the world for me...especially if its been a really great read. I am always on the prowl for new material to read...think I might have to scroll through this whole thread for some new suggestions
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Thank you for this!! I was also a big Heinlein fan, have not thought about him in ages though. Will have to pick him back up again. Was casting about for something to read...
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Any thing George MacDonald!
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Jonas Gardell: Never wipe tears without gloves (Torka aldrig tårar utan handskor)
It's a story about the gay scene in Stockholm in the early 1980s, when aids started to spread. I've read the first two books of the trilogy and I'm looking for the third. I'm loving it so far.
It's also been made as a miniseries. I'm gonna have to look for that, too.
It's a story about the gay scene in Stockholm in the early 1980s, when aids started to spread. I've read the first two books of the trilogy and I'm looking for the third. I'm loving it so far.
It's also been made as a miniseries. I'm gonna have to look for that, too.
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The miniseries is great too.
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17.) Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. 4/5
I really enjoyed this interesting post apocalyptic Y.A. novel.
Here is the amazon write up:
I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald’s still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun?
As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.
Told in a year’s worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all—hope—in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut! Susan Beth Pfeffer has written three companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.
18.) The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum 3.75/5
Fascinating to find out how we found out and cared that things were poison. Also how forensic scientist figured out how to prove poison was murder or not.
***PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on The Poisoner's Handbook in January 2014***
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie" (The New York Observer)
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice
I really enjoyed this interesting post apocalyptic Y.A. novel.
Here is the amazon write up:
I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald’s still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun?
As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.
Told in a year’s worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all—hope—in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut! Susan Beth Pfeffer has written three companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.
18.) The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum 3.75/5
Fascinating to find out how we found out and cared that things were poison. Also how forensic scientist figured out how to prove poison was murder or not.
***PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on The Poisoner's Handbook in January 2014***
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie" (The New York Observer)
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice
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The Dead & The Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer 4/5
I liked this version in a metro area with a male lead too! I will totally be reading the third book!
From Amazon:
Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event—an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle.
With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
I liked this version in a metro area with a male lead too! I will totally be reading the third book!
From Amazon:
Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event—an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle.
With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
